2000–01 in Scottish football

Football in Scotland
Season 2000–01
← 1999–00 Scotland 2001–02 →
2000–01 in Scottish football
Premier League champions
Celtic
First Division champions
Livingston
Second Division champions
Partick Thistle
Third Division champions
Hamilton Academical
Scottish Cup winners
Celtic
League Cup winners
Celtic
Challenge Cup winners
Airdrieonians
Junior Cup winners
Renfrew
Teams in Europe
Aberdeen, Celtic, Hearts, Rangers
Scotland national team
2002 World Cup qualification

The 2000–01 season was the 104th season of competitive football in Scotland. [1]

League Competitions

Scottish Premier League

The 2000–01 Scottish Premier League was won by Celtic, 15 points clear of Rangers who finished second. Both teams earned a place in the UEFA Champions League. Hibernian and Kilmarnock finished third and fourth and both therefore earned UEFA Cup berths. St Mirren were relegated in their first season in the top-flight since the 1991–92 season.

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic38314390296197UEFA Champions League 2001–02 Third qualifying round
2 Rangers38264876364082UEFA Champions League 2001–02 Second qualifying round
3 Hibernian381812857352266UEFA Cup 2001–02 First round
4 Kilmarnock38159144453−954UEFA Cup 2001–02 Qualifying round
5 Heart of Midlothian381410145650652
6 Dundee38138175650647UEFA Intertoto Cup first round
7 Aberdeen381112154557−745
8 Motherwell38127194256−1443
9 Dunfermline Athletic38119183454−2042
10 St Johnstone38913164056−1640
11 Dundee United3898213863−2535
12 St Mirren3886243272−4030Relegated to First Division 2001-02

Scottish First Division

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Livingston36237672314176 Promoted to 2001–02 Scottish Premier League
2 Ayr United361912573413269
3 Falkirk36168125759−256
4 Inverness CT3614121071541754
5 Clyde361114114446−247
6 Ross County361110154852−443
7 Raith Rovers36108184155−1438
8 Airdrieonians36814144967−1838
9 Greenock Morton3698193461−2735 Relegated to Second Division 2001-02
10 Alloa Athletic36711183861−2332

Scottish Second Division

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Partick Thistle36229566323475
Promoted To First Division 2001-02
2 Arbroath361513854381658
3 Berwick Rangers361412105144754
4 Stranraer36159125150154
5 Clydebank361211134243−147
6 Queen of the South36137165259−746
7 Stenhousemuir36126184563−1842
8 Forfar Athletic361010164852−440
9 Queen's Park361010162840−1240
Relegated to Third Division 2001-02
10 Stirling Albion36517143450−1632

Scottish Third Division

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Hamilton Academical 36 22 10 4 75 41 34 76 Promoted to Second Division 2001-02
2 Cowdenbeath 36 23 7 6 58 31 27 76
3 Brechin City 36 22 6 8 71 36 27 72
4 East Fife 36 15 8 13 49 46 3 53
5 Peterhead 36 13 10 13 46 46 0 49
6 Dumbarton 36 13 6 17 46 49 −3 45
7 Albion Rovers 36 12 9 15 38 43 −5 45
8 East Stirlingshire 36 10 7 19 37 69 −32 37
9 Montrose 36 6 8 22 31 65 −34 26
10 Elgin City 36 5 7 24 29 65 −36 22

Other honours

Cup honours

Competition Winner Score Runner-up Report
Scottish Cup 2000–01 Celtic 3 – 0 Hibernian Wikipedia article
League Cup 2000–01 Celtic 3 – 0 Kilmarnock BBC Sport
Challenge Cup 2000–01 Airdrieonians 2 – 2
(3 – 2 pen.)		 Livingston BBC Sport
Youth Cup Aberdeen 2 – 0 Celtic
Junior Cup Renfrew 0 – 0
(6 – 5 pen.)		 Carnoustie Panmure BBC Sport

Individual honours

SPFA awards

Award Winner Club
Players' Player of the YearSweden Henrik LarssonCeltic
Young Player of the YearBulgaria Stiliyan PetrovCeltic

SWFA awards

Award Winner Club
Footballer of the YearSweden Henrik LarssonCeltic
Manager of the YearNetherlands Dick AdvocaatRangers

Scottish clubs in Europe

Club Competition(s) Final round Coef.
Rangers UEFA Champions League
UEFA Cup		 Group stage
Third round		 12.50
Celtic UEFA Cup Second round 5.00
Heart of Midlothian UEFA Cup First round 4.00
Aberdeen UEFA Cup Qualifying round 1.00

Average coefficient - 5.625

Scotland national team

Date Venue Opponents Score[2] Competition Scotland scorer(s) Report
2 September Skonto stadions, Riga (A)  Latvia 1–0 WCQG6 Neil McCann BBC Sport
7 October Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle (A)  San Marino 2–0 WCQG6 Matt Elliott, Don Hutchison BBC Sport
11 October Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb (A)  Croatia 1–1 WCQG6 Kevin Gallacher BBC Sport
15 November Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  Australia 0–2 Friendly BBC Sport
24 March Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  Belgium 2–2 WCQG6 Billy Dodds (2) BBC Sport
28 March Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)  San Marino 4–0 WCQG6 Colin Hendry (2), Billy Dodds, Colin Cameron BBC Sport
25 April Zawisza Bydgoszcz stadium, Bydgoszcz (A)  Poland 1–1 Friendly Scott Booth (pen.) BBC Sport

Key:

  • (A) = Away match
  • (H) = Home match
  • WCQG6 = World Cup Qualifying - Group 6

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 2013-07-29.
  2. ↑ Scotland's score is shown first.
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